A woman claims she was treated rudely by park employees while breastfeeding her baby.
It happened at a company outing in May at Cliff's Amusement Park.
She claims a manager told her she was exposing herself and said people were complaining. He said she needed to cover up with a blanket, go to the restroom to feed the child, or leave the park.
Park managers admit the incident happened, but not exactly as it was portrayed.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
TV pundit Schramm slipped on mother's milk
Hell hath no fury like breast-feeding moms scorned.
My column calling for people to lighten up when it comes to women who breast-feed in public generated nearly 1,000 e-mails and phone messages.
That is more feedback than comes from blasting the disastrous war in Iraq or the $11 billion Monorail Moneytrain.
People called this month's piece "boob-tastic," which makes me blush.
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For what it's worth - I LOVE this column!!! ~ Ali
My column calling for people to lighten up when it comes to women who breast-feed in public generated nearly 1,000 e-mails and phone messages.
That is more feedback than comes from blasting the disastrous war in Iraq or the $11 billion Monorail Moneytrain.
People called this month's piece "boob-tastic," which makes me blush.
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For what it's worth - I LOVE this column!!! ~ Ali
Breast-Feeding Is Urged for Preemies
WASHINGTON -- Specialists are trying to promote breast-feeding among mothers of premature babies. Breast milk is considered especially important for the most vulnerable babies, those born smaller than 3 1/2 pounds. But they're the least likely to get it, especially if they're born to low-income or black mothers.
Now specialists are targeting frightened mothers of the smallest preemies to try to change that -- with strategies that range from free breast pumps to bringing breast-feeding "peer counselors" into the intensive care unit to train moms to nurse.
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Now specialists are targeting frightened mothers of the smallest preemies to try to change that -- with strategies that range from free breast pumps to bringing breast-feeding "peer counselors" into the intensive care unit to train moms to nurse.
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Breast's best in the city (Australia)
INNER city babies are up to three times more likely to be breastfed than their outer suburban counterparts.
The disparities in the way Melbourne's newborns were being fed is revealed in an analysis of annual Maternal and Child Health Services figures.
It shows that by six months, only one quarter of babies in outer suburban Whittlesea and Greater Dandenong were fully breastfed.
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The disparities in the way Melbourne's newborns were being fed is revealed in an analysis of annual Maternal and Child Health Services figures.
It shows that by six months, only one quarter of babies in outer suburban Whittlesea and Greater Dandenong were fully breastfed.
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S.C. laws don't protect mothers who breast-feed in public
CHARLESTON - When Lori Rueger's 2-month old daughter got fussy at a Mount Pleasant shop, she thought she'd step into a dressing room to calm her down. But a store clerk thought a restroom at a nearby store might be a better place for feeding - a suggestion that Rueger found disgusting.
"Would you want to eat in the same room where someone was defecating?" she said. "I wouldn't even bring a soda into a bathroom because I'm so afraid of germs."
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"Would you want to eat in the same room where someone was defecating?" she said. "I wouldn't even bring a soda into a bathroom because I'm so afraid of germs."
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Sunday, June 26, 2005
Mommy knows best
A newborn baby has only three demands. They are: warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three. — Dr Grantly Dick-Read.
The word mammal is from the Latin “mammalis”, meaning “of the breast” and so a mammal — which includes us humans — is characterised by milk-producing mammary glands in the female for nourishing its young.
In a country [India] where a baby is born almost every two seconds, someone is either having a baby or knows someone who is about to. So, getting your breastfeeding primer updated is going to come handy, one way or another.
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The word mammal is from the Latin “mammalis”, meaning “of the breast” and so a mammal — which includes us humans — is characterised by milk-producing mammary glands in the female for nourishing its young.
In a country [India] where a baby is born almost every two seconds, someone is either having a baby or knows someone who is about to. So, getting your breastfeeding primer updated is going to come handy, one way or another.
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ProMoM's 5th Annual National Nurse Out
ATLANTA, GA, (NAMC) - This year’s National Nurse Out will occur during the week of July 30 – August 7, in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week, announced ProMoM (Promotion of Mother’s Milk, Inc.) executive director Dana Anagnostou.
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Moms say Chandler should be more friendly to breast-feeders
CHANDLER-Nursing mothers may find it easier to breast-feed their children in Chandler after taking their case to the City Council.
More than a dozen breast-feeding mothers, supportive fathers and rowdy children crowded the back walls of the City Council meeting Thursday night in hopes that the council will meet their demands of setting a breastfeeding policy.
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More than a dozen breast-feeding mothers, supportive fathers and rowdy children crowded the back walls of the City Council meeting Thursday night in hopes that the council will meet their demands of setting a breastfeeding policy.
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Milk Money: How Corporate Interests Shaped Government Health Policy for Women
Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services unveiled an ad campaign to promote breast-feeding. As it turns out, the campaign was much different that what was originally produced. It was a battle between mother's milk and the companies that make infant formula who put intense pressure on the government to change its approach.
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Friday, June 24, 2005
Considerations For Weaning Your Child
I received a phone call the other day from a breastfeeding mother who was concerned about a medication she was instructed by her physician to take. As per our hospital protocol, I asked how old her nursling was. After a short, but uncomfortable pause, the mother laughed and stumbled a bit over her words, but I was sure I had heard, “two and a half years.” I could feel her red cheeks burning through the phone, so I quickly verbally applauded her as she began offering excuses for breastfeeding her child. After a few more embarrassed laughs, she became much more comfortable speaking with me about her breastfeeding relationship, and I reassured her that breastfeeding her child was perfectly normal and something she should be proud of. As the call ended, she brought up weaning, so I offered a few questions… “Is weaning something YOU want to do?” “Is weaning something your child wants?” Her reply of “no” to both then led me to, “who wants you to wean, then?” This opened the door for discussion, and I offered her a few considerations to make when deciding to wean.
Considerations For Weaning Your Child - Breastfeeding
Considerations For Weaning Your Child - Breastfeeding
Lactivists say 'don't fear the nipple'
Recently, on an episode of ABC's "The View," Barbara Walters felt the need to comment on something which she said made her "uncomfortable." While on an airplane, she was seated next to a woman with a nursing infant who was breastfed during the flight.
In response to this apparently unnecessary outburst, "lactivists" have organized "nurse-ins" in public establishments across America. One Web site, www.nurseatstarbucks.com, describes their mission as "(1) To make a clear national policy that mothers have a right to breastfeed in their stores without being asked to move, hide, cover up or leave, (2) to train all employees that breastfeeding is different from other behaviors that customers might complain about (such as loud music, offensive language, etc.) and (3) to make the public aware of this policy."
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In response to this apparently unnecessary outburst, "lactivists" have organized "nurse-ins" in public establishments across America. One Web site, www.nurseatstarbucks.com, describes their mission as "(1) To make a clear national policy that mothers have a right to breastfeed in their stores without being asked to move, hide, cover up or leave, (2) to train all employees that breastfeeding is different from other behaviors that customers might complain about (such as loud music, offensive language, etc.) and (3) to make the public aware of this policy."
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Breast-Feeding Cuts Risk of Myopia
TUESDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- Here's yet another reason to breast-feed babies: a new study finds it may reduce a child's likelihood of growing up to need eyeglasses.
Researchers who compared a group of breast-fed infants with formula-fed babies found that breast-fed infants were a bit less likely to be nearsighted at ages 10 to 12.
"It may have to do with some constituents in breast milk, but we can't be sure," said Dr. Richard Stone, an ophthalmologist at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-author of a research letter on the study in the June 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Researchers who compared a group of breast-fed infants with formula-fed babies found that breast-fed infants were a bit less likely to be nearsighted at ages 10 to 12.
"It may have to do with some constituents in breast milk, but we can't be sure," said Dr. Richard Stone, an ophthalmologist at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-author of a research letter on the study in the June 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
It's Your Call with Lynne Doyle
It's Your Call with Lynne Doyle is going to be doing a show on public breastfeeding - it will air Tuesday 6/21/05 at 9:00 PM.
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As k Amy column
Dear Amy: I agree that breast-feeding is a simple fact of life, and I am not offended by it when it is done publicly. Urination is also a fact of life. Any idea why I got arrested when I did it in public?- Carl
Dear Carl: Actually, I think that public breast-feeding does offend you. Otherwise you wouldn't compare it to public urination.
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Dear Carl: Actually, I think that public breast-feeding does offend you. Otherwise you wouldn't compare it to public urination.
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Are breastfeeding mums over-exposed?
If anyone dared to try and stop Minka Phillips from breastfeeding her son in front of them they would soon find themselves at the receiving end of a "rocket".
The barrister-turned-mum is a vocal supporter of a mother's right to breastfeed in public and says she would be quick to defend any woman battling discrimination.
"It's hard enough to breastfeed when you're a new mum without having to worry about the whole issue of breastfeeding in public," she said.
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The barrister-turned-mum is a vocal supporter of a mother's right to breastfeed in public and says she would be quick to defend any woman battling discrimination.
"It's hard enough to breastfeed when you're a new mum without having to worry about the whole issue of breastfeeding in public," she said.
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New Moms Breastfeeding in Record Numbers, Yet Many Stop By Three Months, Survey Reveals
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been well-documented for quite some time that breastfeeding is beneficial to babies and mothers, offering many protective health benefits. These range from providing the essential nutrients and antibodies babies need to develop physically and neurologically, to lowering a mother's risk of certain cancers. So why do so many women stop breastfeeding before the recommended 12 months? According to a new national survey, the top reasons why new mothers stopped breastfeeding were they felt like they were not producing enough milk (47%), followed by difficulties getting the baby to latch on (33%) and work-related issues (29%).
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- It's been well-documented for quite some time that breastfeeding is beneficial to babies and mothers, offering many protective health benefits. These range from providing the essential nutrients and antibodies babies need to develop physically and neurologically, to lowering a mother's risk of certain cancers. So why do so many women stop breastfeeding before the recommended 12 months? According to a new national survey, the top reasons why new mothers stopped breastfeeding were they felt like they were not producing enough milk (47%), followed by difficulties getting the baby to latch on (33%) and work-related issues (29%).
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One Mom to Another
HOLLISTON -- Kelley Faulkner is nine months pregnant and she has everything in order for her home birth.
Underpads and plastic sheets are stored in drawers next to the bed. She has ready a placenta bowl she painted at a pottery store. A hand-sewn sling she'll use to weigh the baby hangs next to the door.
She also has 14 women lined up to donate breast milk because Faulkner's milk glands are underdeveloped and her right breast can only produce a few drops at a time.
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Underpads and plastic sheets are stored in drawers next to the bed. She has ready a placenta bowl she painted at a pottery store. A hand-sewn sling she'll use to weigh the baby hangs next to the door.
She also has 14 women lined up to donate breast milk because Faulkner's milk glands are underdeveloped and her right breast can only produce a few drops at a time.
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Breast is best anywhere � isn't it?
NEW YORK, (AFP) - In an era when surgical bust enhancement and cleavage-led advertising are accepted norms, it might seem odd that legislation is deemed necessary to protect the most natural function of the female breast.
Last week, Ohio became the 34th US state to sign into law a provision bolstering the right of women to breastfeed in public, amid complaints from nursing mothers of discrimination and harassment.
A common grievance is one of double-standards, as voiced by Lisa Herek of Nebraska when she testified recently to state legislators in support of a pro-breast-feeding bill.
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Last week, Ohio became the 34th US state to sign into law a provision bolstering the right of women to breastfeed in public, amid complaints from nursing mothers of discrimination and harassment.
A common grievance is one of double-standards, as voiced by Lisa Herek of Nebraska when she testified recently to state legislators in support of a pro-breast-feeding bill.
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
House members pass amended form of breast-feeding bill
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — House members have unanimously passed an amended Senate bill that encourages Oregon employers to be more accommodating toward breast-feeding mothers.
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W.Va. must allow nursing in public
Ohio has done its duty to mothers who breast-feed their infants. Now it’s West Virginia’s turn.
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Protect and encourage breastfeeding: Kedgley
Too few New Zealand women are breastfeeding and more needs to be done to halt its worrying decline, says the Green Party.
Health and Women's Issues Spokesperson Sue Kedgley strongly supports the call for changes to protect and promote breastfeeding, including offering legal protection to mothers and ensuring workplaces make provision for it.
"There has been a steady decline in breastfeeding rates in New Zealand and it is a huge concern that only 23 percent of mothers now breastfeed their babies for the full four to six months recommended by the World Health Organisation," said Ms Kedgley, the Deputy Chair of the Health Select Committee that considered the petition of campaigner Elizabeth Weatherly.
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Health and Women's Issues Spokesperson Sue Kedgley strongly supports the call for changes to protect and promote breastfeeding, including offering legal protection to mothers and ensuring workplaces make provision for it.
"There has been a steady decline in breastfeeding rates in New Zealand and it is a huge concern that only 23 percent of mothers now breastfeed their babies for the full four to six months recommended by the World Health Organisation," said Ms Kedgley, the Deputy Chair of the Health Select Committee that considered the petition of campaigner Elizabeth Weatherly.
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Friday, June 17, 2005
Lost in the static
Breastfeeding has been big news lately. Between legislation and nurse-ins, celebrity statements and slander, well, it seems that boobs are everywhere.
But I have to say that I'm disappointed in a lot of what I'm hearing and seeing - because the really important messages are getting lost in the noise of everyone shouting. Everyone's focusing on the right to nurse in public, the right to nurse in privacy, the right to bottlefeed and so on. And those are really worthwhile topics for discussion, and I'm glad to hear some reasonable conversations about it.
But while watching a clip of Rosie O'Donnell when she appeared on 'The View' I was really struck by this statement:
"If you want to nurse, you can nurse, and if you don't want to nurse, you don't have to, because it's America!"
But that's not what it's about, folks. This is not a choice between apples and apples - and that's the point.
If you choose not to breastfeed, then that's your choice. But you are entitled to make an informed choice. Sadly, most parents never are given the information necessary to allow them to make such a choice, and it's high time we changed that.
Remember, once we thought smoking was just fine. Hey, in 1942 an advertisement claimed that Kool cigarettes would give extra protection against the common cold; in 1964, a "tobacco industry writer suggests tobacco control advocates have psychiatric certification that they are not suffering from pyrophobia and suppressed fear of the 'big fire' or atom bomb." Big tobacco finally got called onto the carpet, and soon enough the artificial baby milk makers will be held accountable as well.
I'm too tired and so on to say much morethan that at the moment; this has been a long, hard week.
~ Ali
"Everyone knows people who were formula-fed and seem fine, but George Burns' smoking and living a good life to age 100 does not mean that smoking is not a huge health risk. Smoking rates have decreased since the U.S. surgeon general made educating the public about the risks of smoking a public health priority. The dissemination of public health information must be founded on research. The truth is that the risks of not breast-feeding are profound."
- Chele Marmet, Director, Lactation Institute, Los Angeles
But I have to say that I'm disappointed in a lot of what I'm hearing and seeing - because the really important messages are getting lost in the noise of everyone shouting. Everyone's focusing on the right to nurse in public, the right to nurse in privacy, the right to bottlefeed and so on. And those are really worthwhile topics for discussion, and I'm glad to hear some reasonable conversations about it.
But while watching a clip of Rosie O'Donnell when she appeared on 'The View' I was really struck by this statement:
"If you want to nurse, you can nurse, and if you don't want to nurse, you don't have to, because it's America!"
But that's not what it's about, folks. This is not a choice between apples and apples - and that's the point.
If you choose not to breastfeed, then that's your choice. But you are entitled to make an informed choice. Sadly, most parents never are given the information necessary to allow them to make such a choice, and it's high time we changed that.
Remember, once we thought smoking was just fine. Hey, in 1942 an advertisement claimed that Kool cigarettes would give extra protection against the common cold; in 1964, a "tobacco industry writer suggests tobacco control advocates have psychiatric certification that they are not suffering from pyrophobia and suppressed fear of the 'big fire' or atom bomb." Big tobacco finally got called onto the carpet, and soon enough the artificial baby milk makers will be held accountable as well.
I'm too tired and so on to say much morethan that at the moment; this has been a long, hard week.
~ Ali
"Everyone knows people who were formula-fed and seem fine, but George Burns' smoking and living a good life to age 100 does not mean that smoking is not a huge health risk. Smoking rates have decreased since the U.S. surgeon general made educating the public about the risks of smoking a public health priority. The dissemination of public health information must be founded on research. The truth is that the risks of not breast-feeding are profound."
- Chele Marmet, Director, Lactation Institute, Los Angeles
Thursday, June 16, 2005
MPs back right to breastfeed in public
One woman's campaign to safeguard her right to breastfeed in public has resulted in a parliamentary committee recommending law changes to protect and promote breastfeeding.
Parliament's health select committee yesterday said the Government should investigate law changes to protect the right to breastfeed in public places and to protect an infant's right to receive nutrition.
The woman behind the recommended law changes is Aucklander Elizabeth Weatherly, who organised a petition - signed by nearly 9000 people - advocating legislation to preserve breastfeeding rights.
Ms Weatherly's campaign began after she was prevented from breastfeeding her 2 1/2-year-old son, Michael, at his pre-school in 2003.
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Parliament's health select committee yesterday said the Government should investigate law changes to protect the right to breastfeed in public places and to protect an infant's right to receive nutrition.
The woman behind the recommended law changes is Aucklander Elizabeth Weatherly, who organised a petition - signed by nearly 9000 people - advocating legislation to preserve breastfeeding rights.
Ms Weatherly's campaign began after she was prevented from breastfeeding her 2 1/2-year-old son, Michael, at his pre-school in 2003.
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Discretion allows public to adjust to new breast-feeding law
A baby propped up on mom's hip is cute, a reason for others to smile and coo.
A baby at mom's breast, though, may be another matter. To some people, it's natural; for others, it's embarrassing.
Those others, however, are going to have to get used to it, breast-feeding advocates say. But, they concede, the dirty looks and rude comments won't stop just because state law has changed.
On Tuesday, Ohio became the 35th state to protect women who breast-feed from being asked to leave public places.
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A baby at mom's breast, though, may be another matter. To some people, it's natural; for others, it's embarrassing.
Those others, however, are going to have to get used to it, breast-feeding advocates say. But, they concede, the dirty looks and rude comments won't stop just because state law has changed.
On Tuesday, Ohio became the 35th state to protect women who breast-feed from being asked to leave public places.
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Angry mum in fight to breast-feed her baby
A mum was furious when she was told to stop breast-feeding her baby by staff at Letchworth JobCentre.
Samantha Hough refused until 10-month-old Charis had finished. She has now complained officially, contacted MP Oliver Heald and is going to start a campaign to make Letchworth GC a breast-feeding-friendly town.
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Samantha Hough refused until 10-month-old Charis had finished. She has now complained officially, contacted MP Oliver Heald and is going to start a campaign to make Letchworth GC a breast-feeding-friendly town.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Breastfeeding in Public : The Barbara Walters Scandal
Barbara Walters sparked a major controversy over her recent comments regarding breastfeeding in public. On her show "The View", she stated that she while she and her hairdresser were on a flight, the woman seated next to them breastfed her baby on board. She then claimed that this made her and her hairdresser “uncomfortable”.
Following this comment, debates on breastfeeding in public have sprung up all over the internet. Breastfeeding mothers have vowed to boycott watching "The View". Breastfeeding advocacy groups are urging breastfeeding supporters to flood Walters’s email box with messages. And in the biggest show of anger towards Walters’s comments, 150 women breastfeeding women who refer to themselves as “lactivists” gathered outside of the ABC headquarters in Manhattan and staged a “nurse-in”.
How can our society be so divided on the issue of breastfeeding in public? Society’s inhibitions on breastfeeding conflict with the information given to us by the medical community....
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Following this comment, debates on breastfeeding in public have sprung up all over the internet. Breastfeeding mothers have vowed to boycott watching "The View". Breastfeeding advocacy groups are urging breastfeeding supporters to flood Walters’s email box with messages. And in the biggest show of anger towards Walters’s comments, 150 women breastfeeding women who refer to themselves as “lactivists” gathered outside of the ABC headquarters in Manhattan and staged a “nurse-in”.
How can our society be so divided on the issue of breastfeeding in public? Society’s inhibitions on breastfeeding conflict with the information given to us by the medical community....
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The Snobs On "The View"
Have pity on Barbara Walters. Barbara Walters is, after all, Barbara Walters. And Barbara Walters should not be made to suffer the gross indignity of flying in first class while a common woman breast-feeds her baby.
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Public breast-feeding often lesser of two evils
If a glimpse of a nursing mother's breast is enough to inspire columnist Lydia Lovric to write an entire column, it's not "lactivists" who need to lighten up.
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Despite more laws protecting breast-feeding, squeamishness remains
They're asked to leave concerts, burger joints and coffee houses. What the women are doing is not illegal. It is in fact strongly recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Medical evidence supporting breast-feeding keeps growing, but nursing mothers struggle against lingering squeamishness at the idea of feeding a baby with a body part.
As Ohio creates a right to breast-feed in public, a federal bill languishes and bills were killed or are stuck in the few states that never addressed the issue.
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Medical evidence supporting breast-feeding keeps growing, but nursing mothers struggle against lingering squeamishness at the idea of feeding a baby with a body part.
As Ohio creates a right to breast-feed in public, a federal bill languishes and bills were killed or are stuck in the few states that never addressed the issue.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Nothing shameful about breast intentions
I am a breast man. That is what my mother says.
When it came to feeding time, my baby lips steered clear from the rubber nips. No bottle-feeding for me.
Fortified by my mother's choice long ago, I now have no choice but to carry the flag in the ongoing dust-up in the mommy wars: Public breast-feeding is healthy, natural and perfectly acceptable -- or it should be.
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When it came to feeding time, my baby lips steered clear from the rubber nips. No bottle-feeding for me.
Fortified by my mother's choice long ago, I now have no choice but to carry the flag in the ongoing dust-up in the mommy wars: Public breast-feeding is healthy, natural and perfectly acceptable -- or it should be.
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Black Hills Mother Respond to Barbara Walters Attack on Breastfeeding
Should Breastfeeding be Controversial? How Society Gives Lipservice in Encouraging Healthy Choices
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Monday, June 13, 2005
Mass. Lawmakers Ask: Is Public Breast-Feeding Indecent Exposure?
State Rep. David Linsky has filed legislation in the Massachusetts State House that would give women the freedom to breast-feed in public places — ensuring they would not be charged with such crimes as indecent exposure or face large fines. This is the third time Linsky has filed such a bill.
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Both sides need to lighten up on breastfeeding
Breast is best, but what ever happened to a bit of modesty? Barbara Walters has ignited a firestorm after admitting on The View that the sight of a woman breastfeeding during a recent airplane flight made her uncomfortable.
Angry mothers responded by organizing a public "nurse-in" outside of ABC's headquarters last week. The protesters nursed their babies while carrying signs which read, "Shame on View" and "Babies Were Born to Be Breast-fed."
The women were also upset because Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the youngest and newest co-host of The View, admitted that she recently gave her two-month-old daughter her first bottle of formula. The other co-hosts applauded at the news. Why, I have no idea.
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Angry mothers responded by organizing a public "nurse-in" outside of ABC's headquarters last week. The protesters nursed their babies while carrying signs which read, "Shame on View" and "Babies Were Born to Be Breast-fed."
The women were also upset because Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the youngest and newest co-host of The View, admitted that she recently gave her two-month-old daughter her first bottle of formula. The other co-hosts applauded at the news. Why, I have no idea.
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5 Facts About Nursing a Preemie
Is breastfeeding different with a premature baby?
Here are five things you should know about breastfeeding your preemie:
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Here are five things you should know about breastfeeding your preemie:
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Sunday, June 12, 2005
News Review From Harvard Medical School -- Breastfeeding Women Protest
About 200 women nursed their babies outside ABC headquarters in New York City June 6 to protest a remark made by Barbara Walters on her talk show, "The View," The New York Times reported June 7. Walters commented that she felt uncomfortable sitting next to a woman breastfeeding on an airplane. The protest was one of several recently by activists supporting public nursing, including a "nurse-in" at the U.S. Capitol in May to support legislation that would provide legal protection for women to pump breast milk or breastfeed in the workplace.
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Saturday, June 11, 2005
Nutrition, exercise and weight loss while breastfeeding at Pregnancy & Baby
Think you have to have a restricted diet while breastfeeding? Think again! Lactation Consultant Anne Smith has some interesting news about nutrition as well as postpartum weight loss for breastfeeding moms.
Don't be too restrictive
Most mothers are highly motivated to eat a nutritious diet during their pregnancies. Assuming that you ate an adequate diet while you were pregnant, you can produce plenty of milk for your baby by keeping up this motivation and making sure you continue your healthy eating patterns during lactation.
While you should attempt to eat a "good diet" while you are nursing, you need to be aware that your diet doesn't have to be perfect to support lactation. You can still breastfeed even if your diet is less than ideal. You may be surprised to learn that studies have shown that maternal nutrition has only a minor effect on the composition and quantity of breastmilk produced. Usually, unless a mother is severely malnourished, her milk is fine.
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Don't be too restrictive
Most mothers are highly motivated to eat a nutritious diet during their pregnancies. Assuming that you ate an adequate diet while you were pregnant, you can produce plenty of milk for your baby by keeping up this motivation and making sure you continue your healthy eating patterns during lactation.
While you should attempt to eat a "good diet" while you are nursing, you need to be aware that your diet doesn't have to be perfect to support lactation. You can still breastfeed even if your diet is less than ideal. You may be surprised to learn that studies have shown that maternal nutrition has only a minor effect on the composition and quantity of breastmilk produced. Usually, unless a mother is severely malnourished, her milk is fine.
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Partnership's goal is to fight obesity in South Carolina
A new fight against obesity - a rising challenge here in the Palmetto State and across the United States - is being spearheaded through a public-private partnership designed to help South Carolinians lead a healthier lifestyle.
The plan, Moving South Carolina Toward a Healthy Weight: Promoting Lifestyles and Healthy Communities, was developed by the South Carolina Coalition for Obesity and Prevention Efforts and is being promoted by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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The plan, Moving South Carolina Toward a Healthy Weight: Promoting Lifestyles and Healthy Communities, was developed by the South Carolina Coalition for Obesity and Prevention Efforts and is being promoted by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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Friday, June 10, 2005
Grandparenting: Public breast-feeding has come out of the closet
Our column on the pros and cons of public breast-feeding aroused a massive response. It had been set off by a Marietta, Ohio, "Granny" who complained that her granddaughter, a "ravishingly beautiful 21," loves to "show off" her first child, and her bosom, while breast-feeding in public. Instead, we suggested it should be done "discreetly," and possibly with a special blouse.
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Breast feeding moms back bill
Mary Kniaz, a mother of five from Hopkinton, breast-fed all her children no matter where she was. Whether riding public transportation or traveling in faraway places like London or San Francisco, she was neither deterred nor encouraged to tuck her breast away from her baby's mouth.
"I learned how to do it discreetly, but confidently," Kniaz recalls.
Today Kniaz is a volunteer leader for the Ashland, Hopkinton and Holliston branch of La Leche League, an international organization dedicated to the promotion of breast-feeding.
Women like Kniaz say they welcome Natick state Rep. David Linsky's third try to get public breast-feeding legalized in Massachusetts.
If the measure passes, no woman could be charged with indecent exposure for breast-feeding in public. A $300 fine would also be levied to anyone who denied mothers this right. So far, 26 states have passed similar laws.
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"I learned how to do it discreetly, but confidently," Kniaz recalls.
Today Kniaz is a volunteer leader for the Ashland, Hopkinton and Holliston branch of La Leche League, an international organization dedicated to the promotion of breast-feeding.
Women like Kniaz say they welcome Natick state Rep. David Linsky's third try to get public breast-feeding legalized in Massachusetts.
If the measure passes, no woman could be charged with indecent exposure for breast-feeding in public. A $300 fine would also be levied to anyone who denied mothers this right. So far, 26 states have passed similar laws.
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Women protest breastfeeding rights during "nurse-in" in Grand Rapids
(Grand Rapids, June 9, 2005, 1:02 p.m.) A group of Grand Rapids women wants to raise awareness about breastfeeding rights. These women say mothers who nurse in public are often times harassed and discriminated against. So they are holding in a "nurse-in" at Calder Plaza
on Thursday.
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on Thursday.
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CBC New Brunswick - Breastfeeding numbers low in N.B.
FREDERICTON – A new study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information says mothers in New Brunswick are the least likely in the country to breastfeed.
The institute found that only one out of four new mothers in the province chose to breastfeed their babies for the first four months. The national average is one out of two.
The information was contained in the institute's annual report on health indicators, released Wednesday.
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The institute found that only one out of four new mothers in the province chose to breastfeed their babies for the first four months. The national average is one out of two.
The information was contained in the institute's annual report on health indicators, released Wednesday.
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Going public with breast-feeding
They call themselves "lactivists," and from New York City to Louisville, activist women are speaking out in favor of breast-feeding -- and in opposition to a series of what they see as negative comments about the practice on ABC's daytime talk show "The View."
The issue first came up last month, when co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned from maternity leave, announced that her month-old baby had switched from breast milk to formula -- and was applauded and praised by her "View" sisters and the studio audience.
Star Jones Reynolds, also one of the show's regulars, proceeded to voice her disgust over the practice.
And then, in late May, the show's co-executive producer, Barbara Walters, talked about public breast-feeding making her uncomfortable.
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The issue first came up last month, when co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned from maternity leave, announced that her month-old baby had switched from breast milk to formula -- and was applauded and praised by her "View" sisters and the studio audience.
Star Jones Reynolds, also one of the show's regulars, proceeded to voice her disgust over the practice.
And then, in late May, the show's co-executive producer, Barbara Walters, talked about public breast-feeding making her uncomfortable.
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Mom saves breast milk as she goes off to war
A story you won’t hear on the front lines of Operating Iraqi Freedom. An Oklahoma mom has 10 gallons of breast milk frozen for her baby boy. Every mom, who is called to serve our country, spends hours preparing to leave her children. Here is the story of one mom that will leave her son with the most precious gift she has to give.
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komo news | I'm All For This 'Cover Up'
SEATTLE - It was called a "nurse-in."
150 breastfeeding moms showed up outside ABC studios in Manhattan to protest something said by Barbara Walters.
And just what did she say?
Only that sitting next to a woman breastfeeding her baby on an airplane - no cover, no nothing! - made her uncomfortable.
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Be sure to watch the video clip of this opinion piece - the anchor has something to say at the very end which made me cheer.
150 breastfeeding moms showed up outside ABC studios in Manhattan to protest something said by Barbara Walters.
And just what did she say?
Only that sitting next to a woman breastfeeding her baby on an airplane - no cover, no nothing! - made her uncomfortable.
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Be sure to watch the video clip of this opinion piece - the anchor has something to say at the very end which made me cheer.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Breastfeeding OK when mom is on lithium
But doctor recommends infants get regular blood, kidney and thyroid hormone tests
Babies can safely breastfeed when their mother is taking the psychiatric drug lithium, a recent study shows.
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Babies can safely breastfeed when their mother is taking the psychiatric drug lithium, a recent study shows.
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Lawmaker files public breast-feeding bill again
BOSTON -- Mothers would be allowed to breast feed in public without fear of reprisals under a bill backed by MetroWest lawmakers.
State Rep. David Linsky, D-Natick, is pushing the legislation, which he has filed twice before, that strengthens women's right to breast feed in public places. It ensures breast-feeding women cannot be charged with crimes such as indecent exposure and calls for imposing fines of up to $300 against anyone who deprives them of the right to breast feed.
"When you have to feed the crying infant, you have to feed the crying infant, you can't wait," Linsky said yesterday before touting the bill to the Legislature's joint Judiciary Committee. "We just have to make it clear that it's not against the law."
While Linsky said no one incident prompted him to file the legislation, he said he knows of numerous times when women have been asked to stop breast-feeding by mall security guards and restaurant owners who did not know the women were not breaking the law.
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State Rep. David Linsky, D-Natick, is pushing the legislation, which he has filed twice before, that strengthens women's right to breast feed in public places. It ensures breast-feeding women cannot be charged with crimes such as indecent exposure and calls for imposing fines of up to $300 against anyone who deprives them of the right to breast feed.
"When you have to feed the crying infant, you have to feed the crying infant, you can't wait," Linsky said yesterday before touting the bill to the Legislature's joint Judiciary Committee. "We just have to make it clear that it's not against the law."
While Linsky said no one incident prompted him to file the legislation, he said he knows of numerous times when women have been asked to stop breast-feeding by mall security guards and restaurant owners who did not know the women were not breaking the law.
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Artist goes back to drawing board over breastfeeding boob
AN artist boobed after his painting of a breastfeeding mum attracted a number of complaints from staff on a maternity ward.
Jason Elliott, a 40-year-old father-of-two, from Bradshaw, Halifax, had painted the black and white picture using a photograph from an old medical journal.
But when it went on show at Calderdale Royal Hospital earlier this month some staff complained.
The acrylic painting shows a close up image of a woman's breast with a child suckling but infant feeding adviser Marilyn Rogers said it was important that examples of breastfeeding were accurate and this particular painting was not technically correct.
She said it should have showed the child's chin being supported.
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Jason Elliott, a 40-year-old father-of-two, from Bradshaw, Halifax, had painted the black and white picture using a photograph from an old medical journal.
But when it went on show at Calderdale Royal Hospital earlier this month some staff complained.
The acrylic painting shows a close up image of a woman's breast with a child suckling but infant feeding adviser Marilyn Rogers said it was important that examples of breastfeeding were accurate and this particular painting was not technically correct.
She said it should have showed the child's chin being supported.
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Lactose intolerant!
Nearly 150 angry moms - babies at their breasts - staged a peaceful "nurse-in" yesterday outside ABC's Manhattan studios in defense of mother's milk.
The women - self-named "lactivists" - took to the streets after Barbara Walters, interview queen and host of "The View," made what they consider disparaging comments about breast-feeding on the talk show.
Walters said she felt awkward sitting with her hairdresser next to a woman who was breast-feeding on an airplane.
"It made me very nervous," Walters said on the May 17 show. "She didn't cover the baby with a blanket. It made us uncomfortable."
Co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is nursing her daughter, Grace, said she was "uncomfortable breast-feeding in general."
The show's hosts also seemed to celebrate the news that Hasselbeck's daughter had her first bottle of formula - spurring women in four cities to lift children to their breasts in a synchronized milk-in yesterday.
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The women - self-named "lactivists" - took to the streets after Barbara Walters, interview queen and host of "The View," made what they consider disparaging comments about breast-feeding on the talk show.
Walters said she felt awkward sitting with her hairdresser next to a woman who was breast-feeding on an airplane.
"It made me very nervous," Walters said on the May 17 show. "She didn't cover the baby with a blanket. It made us uncomfortable."
Co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is nursing her daughter, Grace, said she was "uncomfortable breast-feeding in general."
The show's hosts also seemed to celebrate the news that Hasselbeck's daughter had her first bottle of formula - spurring women in four cities to lift children to their breasts in a synchronized milk-in yesterday.
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'Lactivists' Taking Their Cause, and Their Babies, to the Streets - New York Times
The calls for a "nurse-in" began on the Internet mere moments after Barbara Walters uttered a negative remark about public breast-feeding on her ABC talk show, "The View."
The protest, inspired by similar events organized by a growing group of unlikely activists nationwide in the last year, brought about 200 women to ABC's headquarters yesterday. They stood nursing their babies in the unmistakably public venue of Columbus Avenue and West 67th Street. They held signs reading, "Shame on View," and "Babies are born to be breastfed." Ms. Walters, who remarked a few weeks ago on the show that the sight of a woman breast-feeding on an airplane next to her had made her uncomfortable, said through a spokesman that "it was a particular circumstance and we are surprised that it warrants a protest."
But the rally at ABC is only the most visible example of a recent wave of "lactivism." Prodded by mothers who say they are tired of being asked to adjourn to the bathroom while nursing in a public space, six states have recently passed laws giving a woman the right to breast-feed wherever she "is otherwise authorized to be."
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The protest, inspired by similar events organized by a growing group of unlikely activists nationwide in the last year, brought about 200 women to ABC's headquarters yesterday. They stood nursing their babies in the unmistakably public venue of Columbus Avenue and West 67th Street. They held signs reading, "Shame on View," and "Babies are born to be breastfed." Ms. Walters, who remarked a few weeks ago on the show that the sight of a woman breast-feeding on an airplane next to her had made her uncomfortable, said through a spokesman that "it was a particular circumstance and we are surprised that it warrants a protest."
But the rally at ABC is only the most visible example of a recent wave of "lactivism." Prodded by mothers who say they are tired of being asked to adjourn to the bathroom while nursing in a public space, six states have recently passed laws giving a woman the right to breast-feed wherever she "is otherwise authorized to be."
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Mother nature gets a helping hand to nurse
FOR TENS of thousands of years, it was what women did naturally. Yet since breastfeeding fell out of fashion in the 1960s, the health service has faced an uphill struggle to get babies off the bottle. Public health campaigns have long extolled the benefits of breast milk for mother and baby. Infants who are breastfed are protected against a long list of conditions, including diarrhoeal illness, lower respiratory tract infection, middle ear infection, urinary tract infection, and juvenile onset diabetes.
Women who have breastfed experience long-term health benefits, reducing their risk of premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and hip fractures in later life.
Despite the mounting evidence in favour of breastfeeding, rates in Scotland have remained stubbornly low. The latest statistics show that the average breastfeeding rate for babies aged six to eight weeks is only 35.9 per cent - well short of the Executive's target of having 50 per cent of mothers breastfeeding by 2005. In Lanarkshire, the rate is as low as 25 per cent.
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Women who have breastfed experience long-term health benefits, reducing their risk of premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and hip fractures in later life.
Despite the mounting evidence in favour of breastfeeding, rates in Scotland have remained stubbornly low. The latest statistics show that the average breastfeeding rate for babies aged six to eight weeks is only 35.9 per cent - well short of the Executive's target of having 50 per cent of mothers breastfeeding by 2005. In Lanarkshire, the rate is as low as 25 per cent.
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Monday, June 06, 2005
Breastfeeding toddler elicits meddling from others
Never have I encountered so much meddling as when people discover I'm still nursing a child who's got eight teeth, a head full of hair and the ability to string sentences.
By their appalled reactions, one might assume I was putting a teenager to breast, not a 20-month-old toddler.
A couple of months ago, I was in a department store restroom, discreetly nursing so that shopping could continue in relative peace. A woman walked in and stared with disdain.
"How old is that child?" she snapped as she placed her parcels on the counter.
"She's in middle school," I lied, kissing the top of my tot's head. The woman made some muffled comment just as the water came rushing from the faucet.
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By their appalled reactions, one might assume I was putting a teenager to breast, not a 20-month-old toddler.
A couple of months ago, I was in a department store restroom, discreetly nursing so that shopping could continue in relative peace. A woman walked in and stared with disdain.
"How old is that child?" she snapped as she placed her parcels on the counter.
"She's in middle school," I lied, kissing the top of my tot's head. The woman made some muffled comment just as the water came rushing from the faucet.
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Sunday, June 05, 2005
Model turns supermum in one Elle of a campaign
Supermodel Elle Macpherson is calling on Chase Farm Hospital to get behind a campaign to boost support for breastfeeding mothers as part of her work with children's charity UNICEF.
Ms Macpherson, special ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund, has written to ask hospital chiefs in The Ridgeway to introduce a series of measures to earn baby friendly' accreditation.
The mum-of-one writes: "Babies who are breast fed are less likely to suffer a wide range of illnesses, including gastroenteritis in infancy, childhood allergies and heart disease in adulthood."
She said that baby friendly hospitals had reported significant increases in the number of mothers who chose to breast feed.
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Ms Macpherson, special ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund, has written to ask hospital chiefs in The Ridgeway to introduce a series of measures to earn baby friendly' accreditation.
The mum-of-one writes: "Babies who are breast fed are less likely to suffer a wide range of illnesses, including gastroenteritis in infancy, childhood allergies and heart disease in adulthood."
She said that baby friendly hospitals had reported significant increases in the number of mothers who chose to breast feed.
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Friday, June 03, 2005
dailypennsylvanian.com - Nursing class plugs benefits of breastfeeding
The effects of the community-based breastfeeding class that started at the School of Nursing 10 years ago are spreading not just throughout Philadelphia, but across the entire field of nursing.
Diane Spatz, a Nursing professor, started teaching "Case Study in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation" in 1995.
This seminar of between 15 and 23 students is offered every fall and consists of two hours of instruction and 14 hours of related work at community sites per week, in addition to an individual community-advocacy project.
The course "focuses on the community service that the students do [for] the advocacy of breastfeeding," Spatz said.
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Diane Spatz, a Nursing professor, started teaching "Case Study in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation" in 1995.
This seminar of between 15 and 23 students is offered every fall and consists of two hours of instruction and 14 hours of related work at community sites per week, in addition to an individual community-advocacy project.
The course "focuses on the community service that the students do [for] the advocacy of breastfeeding," Spatz said.
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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Weaning Part 1 - Breastfeeding
Out of the blue one day, your husband or significant other, whom you love very much, informs you that he no longer wants to hug or kiss or be intimate with you. You are stunned, shocked and bewildered because you had no idea there was anything wrong. He explains that there really isn’t anything wrong; it’s just time for the two of you to stop clinging to one another. He really loves you more now than ever, but it’s time for you to find another source of comfort because he’s decided that the hugs and kisses aren’t working for him any more. Dumbfounded, you also learn that when you try to hug him anyway, he quickly pushes you away. In fact, he has decided that every time you do hug him, you will get a quick “zap” similar to a dog who wears a bark collar. You think to yourself, “This is crazy. After years of marriage, this makes no sense. What is wrong with my husband? What is wrong with me?”
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Diabetes drug levels in breast milk insignificant
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New findings show that women who are breastfeeding can be reassured that if they take metformin for diabetes it won't harm their baby.
Metformin is excreted into breast milk, but the levels are not enough to adversely affect blood sugar levels of nursing infants, according to the findings of a small study reported in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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Metformin is excreted into breast milk, but the levels are not enough to adversely affect blood sugar levels of nursing infants, according to the findings of a small study reported in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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